Yang Wudi emerged from the alchemy room.
It had already been three days.
"Clan Leader, you're out?"
"Where are the others?"
"The others?" The young man looked confused.
Yang Wudi rubbed his forehead. He had forgotten that their Yang Clan had joined—
"I mean His Excellency Poison Douluo and the others."
"Oh, Their Excellencies are in the main hall."
"Alright."
Holding the porcelain bottle containing the pills, Yang Wudi headed to the main hall.
"My lord, the pills have been refined. There are seven in total."
"Good."
Xu Hanfeng accepted the porcelain bottle.
"My lord, should I announce that the Breaking Clan has joined Dawn Pavilion?"
"No rush. What we need now is steady development. The continent will not fall into chaos so soon, and we still have plenty of time to grow."
Xu Hanfeng shook his head.
"Alright."
Xu Hanfeng took out one pill. Its fragrance was ordinary, but it did look quite beautiful.
"Clan Leader Yang, thank you for refining the pills."
"It was nothing."
Xu Hanfeng took out quite a few Spirit Herbs and Elixirs from the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch.
"Consider these resources I'm providing to your Breaking Clan."
"Gasp..."
Many of these Spirit Herbs and Elixirs were exceptionally rare. Yang Wudi swallowed hard. They had struck it rich.
This was far better than the Clear Sky Sect.
The Clear Sky Sect never gave them many resources. If not for Tang Hao's sake, who would bother with them?
"Thank you, my lord!"
"Grow well. As for Immortal Herbs, I'll give them to you once you reach Spirit Douluo."
"Alright!"
The smile on Yang Wudi's face simply would not fade.
Not only were there so many Spirit Herbs and Elixirs, there would even be Immortal Herbs. This life was too wonderful.
Joining Dawn Pavilion had been the right choice.
Over the next seven days,
Xu Hanfeng consumed one Dragon Blood Body Tempering Pill each day.
His physique improved to nearly forty thousand.
The pill's effects were excellent.
There was even a portion of unrefined Soul Power remaining in Xu Hanfeng's dantian.
After absorbing his third Soul Ring, that Soul Power could further raise his Soul Power Level slightly.
"Grandpa Dugu, let's go obtain a Soul Ring!"
"Got it."
This time, Xu Hanfeng left Ma Xiaotao and the others at home. They needed to complete their own special requirements.
He did not even bring Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, or the others.
It was just Xu Hanfeng and Dugu Bo. This time, they intended to make it a quick trip.
Their destination was still the Star Dou Great Forest.
Xu Hanfeng needed a Soul Ring around thirty-seven thousand years old, and there were very few of them in other forests.
Basically, the Star Dou Great Forest was their only option.
Soon, the two arrived at the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Most Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts were found here.
"Xiao Feng, what age Soul Ring do you need now?"
"Between thirty-five thousand and thirty-eight thousand years."
"That's truly monstrous."
Dugu Bo sighed.
A hundred-year first ring.
A thousand-year second ring.
A Ten Thousand Year third ring.
Would the Fourth Soul Ring need to be a Hundred Thousand Year one?
Of course, that was merely Dugu Bo's own thought.
A physique was not so easily improved.
At Xu Hanfeng's current rate of improvement, it would be impossible for him to absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring for his Fourth Soul Ring.
Moreover, the mental impact of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring was far stronger than that of a Ten Thousand Year one.
Only because Xu Hanfeng had consumed Immortal Herbs and acquired a Spirit-type Soul Bone could he now absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, however, could rupture Xu Hanfeng's Sea of Consciousness in an instant.
Dugu Bo spread his Spiritual Power through the surroundings as they searched. They found many Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts along the way, but none were suitable.
At night, the two reached the central area between the mixed zone and the core area.
There, they found a fox with a silver-white body, five meters long and two meters tall at the shoulder, its tail split into nine separate strands.
Each tail tip was marked by a starlike point of light.
It had three eyes. Its main eye at the top was moon-white, while the two secondary eyes below were icy blue and dark purple.
"Xiao Feng, I've realized that whenever I come with you to obtain a Soul Ring, our luck is always incredible."
"This is a Phantom Moon Star Fox." Dugu Bo was dumbfounded.
His second Soul Ring had already come from an incredibly rare Soul Beast.
And this Phantom Moon Star Fox was another rare Soul Beast.
"The age is suitable. Grandpa Dugu, this is the one." Xu Hanfeng put down the Douluo Compendium.
"Alright!"
Dugu Bo immediately made his move.
The Phantom Moon Star Fox was startled, but it reacted swiftly.
It split into eight clones.
"Petty tricks!"
As a Title Douluo with a skull bone, Dugu Bo's Spiritual Power was not something it could compare to.
Though it was a Spirit-type Soul Beast, the gap in strength was right there.
Dugu Bo located its true body and charged forward.
The Phantom Moon Star Fox's main eye released a dazzling moon-white radiance, and a blast of mental shock surged into Dugu Bo's Sea of Consciousness.
Dugu Bo frowned and immediately shattered the mental shock.
"A mere Soul Beast, and you dare act so wildly."
A mass of poison shot from Dugu Bo's hand.
Sensing the threat, the Phantom Moon Star Fox's nine tails automatically spread out and linked into a formation. The poison was directly deflected at a forty-five-degree angle and shot off to the side.
"Interesting."
It was Dugu Bo's first time seeing such a skill.
But the gap between the Phantom Moon Star Fox and Dugu Bo was simply too great.
Once Dugu Bo got serious, it was captured within ten seconds.
Xu Hanfeng used the Six-barreled Small Soul Cannon to send Wilderness Star Lake on its way.
"Your Soul Tool is quite good. Too bad I can't use it."
"My combat strength relies entirely on Soul Tools."
Dugu Bo looked utterly unconvinced. "Nonsense. Do you think I don't know how many Soul Skill Cards you have? If you threw them all out, even I'd have to dodge."
Xu Hanfeng chuckled and immediately began absorbing the Soul Ring.
A 35,697-year black Soul Ring floated in the air. Xu Hanfeng immediately used his Soul Power to draw it above his head.
Blackness enveloped Xu Hanfeng.
Screech, screech~~~
Roar~~~
Though the Phantom Moon Star Fox was dead, its remaining consciousness transformed into a silver fox-shaped shadow and charged straight into his Sea of Consciousness.
Dugu Bo watched Xu Hanfeng with some concern. "I wonder whether his mind can withstand it. This is a Spirit-type Soul Beast more than thirty-five thousand years old."
To be honest, Dugu Bo regretted it somewhat.
If it had been another type of Soul Beast, Xu Hanfeng would certainly have been able to absorb it.
But Spirit-type Soul Beasts generally had stronger mental attacks.
More of their remaining consciousness would linger behind.
In an instant, Xu Hanfeng felt a deafening buzz explode inside his head.
The Phantom Moon Star Fox flickered in and out of view within his Sea of Consciousness.
Madness flashed in its eyes as mental blades shot toward Xu Hanfeng one after another.
Xu Hanfeng mobilized all his Spiritual Power, building a line of defense within his Sea of Consciousness.
Every strike from the mental blades brought piercing pain.
Xu Hanfeng gritted his teeth, veins bulging across his forehead.
The Phantom Moon Star Fox's attacks grew increasingly ferocious, and Xu Hanfeng gradually began to falter.
He abruptly opened his eyes, utterly determined to stake everything on this.
He poured out all his Spiritual Power and condensed it into a longsword, thrusting it toward the Phantom Moon Star Fox.
With a shrill scream, the Phantom Moon Star Fox's figure vanished.
The Soul Ring successfully settled onto the Douluo Compendium, and immense Soul Power flooded Xu Hanfeng's body.
But Xu Hanfeng could not feel it.
With a thud, he collapsed to the ground.
"Xiao Feng! Xiao Feng!"